I ran across her profile and googled. This article is from 2020 and has much more info.
https://www.hammondstar.com/news/ja...cle_317d206e-c244-53a3-a061-6b13a44b0413.html
Jane Clement missing since 1963
“On Christmas Eve 1962, a fight with her husband over Jane's writing became physical. The next morning, Jane's doctor admitted her to the Baton Rouge General Hospital for treatment of deep bruises on her neck and back.
The doctor discharged her on New Year's Eve, but she never again lived with Wilton Clement. A Baton Rouge court granted her a legal separation on March 18, 1963, along with custody of the children and the residence on Sorrel Avenue.
Alone with her children, Jane started a novel, work left unfinished when she disappeared, and - curiously - Jane authored a lengthy letter to be given to her infant daughter when she became of age.
Jane's makeup and clothing appeared in place, excluding the clothes she wore that Sunday. The only thing missing from the house was a pink bedspread. Wylie remembered it because he had slept on the couch and used it for cover.
Both the Baton Rouge City police and the sheriff's office responded to Mrs. Jeffers' call, and before the search concluded, the district attorney presented evidence to a grand jury that, even today, has never been made public.
Investigators questioned Wilton Clement within an hour of Jeffers' call. Clement said he last saw Jane on Monday, April 8. He had returned the children the night before, but, he said, Jane called him that morning to come back and get them. He said she had a job offer, working for a wealthy club owner on Bourbon Street, and she needed to meet the man for lunch.
Clement said he had tried to call Jane later but got no answer. He assumed she had taken the job and was staying at her brother's in New Orleans.
Neighbors reported nothing unusual. Police dispatched bulletins regarding her disappearance across the country and contacted Jane's friends and casual acquaintances in Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Alabama.
None spoke to her after April 7, 1963.
For months, Jane's aunt, Mrs. Mary G. Baker in Natchez, Mississippi, ran a newspaper advertisement in the Advocate offering a $300 reward for information concerning her niece's disappearance and whereabouts without receiving a single response.
In December 1963, police found the body of a woman near the Benbrook Lake Dam outside Fort Worth, Texas. Jane's physical characteristics matched those of the estimated 6-month-old corpse, but Jane's dental records did not.
In 1965, columnist Jim Crain sat down with Wylie Rowell to talk about Wylie's sister and her strange disappearance.
"It's the sort of thing you never get over," Wylie said. "There has been no peace for our family since it happened. It is worse than someone you love dying. It's a nightmare, never knowing what happened, or how and why it happened."
Wylie gazed into a cup of black coffee at Café Du Monde for a few moments before he could continue, Crain reported. And then he said, "I know one thing for sure. My sister loved her children too much to run away."
"What do you think really happened to her?" Jim Crain asked.
"Murder," Wylie Rowell replied. "I'd stake my life on it."
Wylie G. Rowell died in 2008 at age 72, but as I write this,
Wilton Clement, now age 88, still lives in Raton Rouge.”
I wonder what evidence the DA had? If the husband is still alive (article is from 2020), could they get DNA from him to match the evidence?
I read the previous replies but IMO I think the husband is responsible. IDK how nice of a guy he seemed. He abused her and probably jealous of her many talents. Jane was breathtakingly beautiful and had so much potential.
